Oliver Kirk, winning the bantamweight and featherweight categories, thus became the only boxer to have won two gold medals in the same Olympics.

George Finnegan, Harry Spanjer and Charles Mayer won one gold and one silver medal.

[1][2][3] There was also a demonstration bout of women's boxing,[4] which would be added to the Olympic program in 2012.

Later, it was discovered that his real name was Frank Joseph Floyd, in breach of AAU rules that banned fighting under an assumed name.

Therefore, Russell van Horn was upgraded to silver and Peter Sturholdt was awarded the bronze in the lightweight competition, while Joseph Lydon retained bronze in the welterweight competition.